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BSc Financial Economics
UCAS Code: L115
Course Aims
- Provides a specialist in-depth understanding of core areas of financial economics for students with a quantitative background.
- Is designed for students who wish to build on the foundation of a Mathematics A-Level, or equivalent.
- Introduces financial economics techniques, such as risk management methods, derivatives pricing and portfolio management.
- Provides an opportunity to critically analyse economic events and their impact on financial markets, making extensive use of financial economics and econometrics software and data sources.
- Gives valuable skills in numeracy, IT, communications and problem solving, as well as key skills in financial economics for further study at graduate level.
- Offers excellent preparation for specialist quantitatively orientated careers in financial economics, research and forecasting, as well as those in the areas of business management, finance, banking and accountancy.
Course Modules
First Year
| Semester 1 Core Modules | Semester 2 Core Modules |
|---|---|
| Microeconomics 1 | Macroeconomics 1 |
| Calculus for Economists | Sampling, Estimation and Hypothesis Testing |
| IT for Economists | Linear Algebra and Optimisation for Economists |
| Probability and Probability Distributions |
Second Year
| Semester 1 Core Modules | Semester 2 Core Modules |
|---|---|
| Intermediate Microeconomics 1 | Intermediate Microeconomics 2 |
| Foundation of Macro Theory | Macroeconomics and Finance |
| Econometrics 1 | Econometrics 2 |
| Principles of Banking | Principles of Finance |
Third Year
| Semester 1 Core Modules | Semester 2 Core Modules |
|---|---|
| Econometrics 3 | Corporate Finance and the Capital Market |
| International Finance | Applied Econometrics Project |
| Financial Derivatives | Accounting |
| Semester 1 Optional Modules One optional module chosen from: |
Semester 2 Optional Modules One optional module chosen from: |
| Advanced Microeconomics | Advanced Macroeconomics |
| Business Management and Strategy | Investment Management |
| Managerial Economics | Government Intervention in the Economy |
| The Global Economy | Webonomics |
| Advanced Mathematical and Statistical Method |
Download the Economics Undergraduate Module Specifications (pdf).
Please note that Module Specifications are subject to change. Please see the bottom of each report for the date it was last updated.
